realism in sonny s blues
Realism in Sonny’s Blues “Sonny’s Blues” discusses the conventional life in two people’s environment. The realism is evident in this text and that is what we will look closer on: in what degree is the realism present in this short story. According to Lars-Olof Ĺhlberg in his Realismbegrepp i litteratur och konst realism is “an ambition to give an extensive description of the individual and the society”. ... In the first paragraph of this short story we detect a perfect example of realism. ... The symbolism of the name of the title: “Sonny’s Blues” is another example of realism that can be examined. Sonny is “a way to address used by older person to a boy or a young person” (Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary, 2003).